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떡

[ tteok ]
「명사」 Noun
• rice cake

A dish made by steaming or boiling grain powder such as injeolmi, rice cake coated with red bean powder or soy bean powder, and songpyeon, half-moon-shaped rice cake, etc.

sweets & dessertsKorean cuisine
• mat

(figurative) Hair that is matted due to lack of washing, etc.

appearancenegative
Type:
Native
Level:
Elementary

Derived words

  • 가래떡
    –rice cake stick
  • 개떡
    –rubbish; nonsense; useless person
  • 떡가루
    –rice powder
  • 떡고물
    –throw-in; extra; addition
  • 떡국
    –sliced rice cake soup
  • 떡메
    –rice cake hammer
  • 떡밥
    –paste bait
  • 떡방아
    –rice pounding
  • 떡볶이
    –Boiled rice cake with seasoning, made by boiling garaetteok, rice cake stick, vegetables, seasonings such as soy sauce, gochujang, red chili paste, etc
  • 떡시루
    –earthenware steamer
  • 시루떡
    –steamed rice cake
  • 찰떡
    –sweet rice cakes
  • 찹쌀떡
    –sweet rice cake with red bean filling
  • 호떡
    –pancake with sweet fillings

Other meanings of the word 떡

  • 2
    broad; all of a sudden; strongly (Adverb)

Neighboring words in the dictionary

떠들다떠메다떠밀다떠받다떠받치다떠오다떠오르다떠올리다떡떡가루떡고물떡국떡메떡밥떡방아떡볶이떡시루
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